tailgater portable sat..

JASPERJR wrote:
Dutchman,
what type of trailer do u have..i have a 35 ft 5th wheel, challenger, with a Sat. hook up on the outside.... how would I hook up the dish to two different receivers.. have to go thru the window n screens?

Our TT is a 35 foot Keystone Outback (2013 model). I asked the folks at my RV dealership how to do exactly that, but I've not done it. We're OK with just one receiver and 1 television. The second television in the bedroom is just on over-the-air antenna.

But here's what they said: My camper has a second coax cable hook-up called "Satellite Prep". It's a coax jack hook-up on the outside and a coax jack on the inside (male ends). They told me I could put a T or splicer between the two jacks and run the coax under the camper then come up through the floor for the second television receiver. As I've done all re-wiring in my house, the idea of this is really pretty simple. Running the wire through the walls is impossible. You've got to go under the camper with the wire.

In my camper, I wouldn't have to go through the walls because of the location of the jack inside. I could just attach a short coax with the splitter. Run one side directly into the receiver right there, and then go through the cabinet and through the floor for the second one to the bed room. My only concern would be the wire exposed under the camper. But mine has that plastic cardboard with screws. I'd loosen them up and run the wire along the trailer frame then close up the under belly again.

Of course you will need 2 receivers, unless you have the dual receiver. You still need to run the wire, then everything runs off 1 receiver and you have two remotes. We have one of those in the house too.